Gone To Paws

Soft paws in quiet rooms

Sunlight still warms the floor

You found the windowsill each dawn

A little throne of dust

and gold

I’d pour your bowl,

you’d blink so

slow

Like time was yours

to hold

Then one day you didn’t run to me

Your breath a smaller sound

I held your fur

and counted beats

Afraid to set you

down

If love could keep you here

You’d never have to go

So I’ll learn a gentler way

To miss you when it’s cold

Goodnight, my little friend

Run easy where I can’t follow (ooh)

I keep your collar in

a drawer

It sounds like you in tiny chimes

And sometimes I still turn to check The doorway in my mind

But grief is just the love we saved

With nowhere else to climb

Forgive me for the days I left too fast

For every call I didn’t hear

If there’s a place that gathers all the

warmth

Let it find you there (ahhhh)

If love could keep you here

You’d never have to go

So I’ll learn a gentler way

To miss you when it’s cold

Goodnight, my little friend Run easy

where I can’t follow (ooh)

I’ll see you in the quiet

Between the stars and morning (hummmm)